Anshan

Province

Anshan (Chinese鞍山 市, pinyin Anshan Shì, Saddle Mountain City ') is a prefecture -level city in northeastern China, in Liaoning Province.

Geography

Anshan is located near the city of Shenyang. In 2005, the population was 1,201,927 in downtown, in the administrative area of the prefecture-level city of 3.52 million (2010). The area is 9252 km ². The annual rainfall is 713 mm, the average temperature of 8.5 ° C.

Anshan is composed of four districts, one urban district, a circle and a Autonomous County:

• Municipality Tiedong铁东区;
• Tiexi District铁西 区;
• Municipality Lishan立 山区;
• Municipality Qianshan千山区;
• Haicheng City海 城市;
• District Tai'an台 安县;
• Xiuyan Manchu Autonomous County of岫岩 满族 自治县.

Economy

Anshan is one of the largest industrial centers in China, especially the steel industry here is strong. The integrated iron - and - steel - industrial complex is the second largest of China and one of the largest in the world. We processed iron ore and coal, which are degraded in the region. It was founded in 1918 as Anshan Iron & Steel Works, since 1933 Shōwa Seitetsusho (昭和 制钢 所). 1938-45/8 it belonged to Manshu Jukogyo Kaihatsu. There are also still in Anshan chemical industry and engineering complexes.

History

Anshan was founded in 1387 and is secured in the 16th century. After the city had taken a lot of damage in the Boxer Rebellion ( 1900) and the Russo- Japanese War ( 1904-1905 ), it was re-created with wide streets. Industrialization began in Anshan in 1918, and accelerated after the occupation by Japan in 1931. During the second Sino-Japanese War ( 1937-1945 ) Anshan was again heavily damaged and looted the industrial complexes later by the Soviet Army at the end of the Second World War. In the 50s, the city was rebuilt, this time with new modern industrial plants.

Anshan is sister city of Sheffield, UK.